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Example sentences for "keep down"

  • Ply the syringe every fine evening to refresh the plants, and to keep down insects, until the flowers expand, when syringing should be discontinued.

  • When the ripest of the fruit is gathered, give the trees a good syringing overhead, to cleanse and refresh the leaves, and to keep down insects.

  • The syringe, when used frequently, is useful for the same purpose, and to keep down insects.

  • Keep down, Tanya," he cried triumphantly in the voice that she knew so well.

  • I swear to you that you have misunderstood" "Keep down, Tanya," he cried.

  • We have no slaves to keep down by special terrors and independent legislation.

  • The whole frame of his State is strained to keep down revolution.

  • A very strong executive was needed to keep down a divided, an armed, and an impatient country; and therefore the problem of political development was delicate.

  • In the chief markets, too, there is often a combination of buyers formed to keep down prices.

  • Let us next inquire to what extent competition is allowed to act between them to keep down prices.

  • I prune with a knife and saw to balance the top, keep down watersprouts, and to get rid of useless wood.

  • Keep down borers by cultivation and a wash of lime, concentrated lye, and carbolic acid.

  • I trim very slightly to keep down watersprouts; to trim as they do in the East does not pay here.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "keep down" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    electric circuit; future rewards and punishments; indigenous beliefs; keep away; keep company; keep down; keep from; keep her; keep house; keep moving; keep ourselves; keep silence; keep straight; keep the; keep thee; keep their; keep track; keep warm; keep watch; keeping close; keeping the; keeping them; keeps well; lasting peace; legal medicine; rational liberty